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About Cannabis

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Cannabis has a long history of medicinal, recreational, and industrial use and comes from a bushy plant, with thick sticky flowers, called Cannabis Sativa.

Cannabis or Hemp otherwise known as 'marijuana' or 'marihuana'.

Cannabis is produced from dried leaves from the Hemp plant, 'Cannabis Sativa'.
The active ingredients from this plant are called 'marijuana', or 'marihuana'.
An interesting point about marihuana is that it makes some people lose focus on events around them, while it elevates the physical sensations in others.
Cannabis is a drug that affects an individual by acting on the brain.
50 percent of the chemicals that make up Cannabis are the potent 'cannabinoids', of which the most active is D-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (D9-THC).
Traveling through the blood stream the chemicals bind to specific receptors in the brain causing changes in the nerve cells resulting in specific effects.
Marihuana 'high' is felt as the THC reaches the brain through the blood within 5 minutes of intake, and the effect may last up to 5 hours.

Latest Publication and Research on Cannabis - Updated on 12/06/2011

Gender differences in health-related quality of life among cannabis users: Results from the national epidemiologic survey on alcohol and related conditions. - Published by PubMed

Gender differences in health-related quality of life among cannabis users: Results from the national epidemiologic survey on alcohol and related conditions. - Published by PubMed

Validity of Timeline Follow-Back for self-reported use of cannabis and other illicit substances - Systematic review and meta-analysis. - Published by PubMed

Validity of Timeline Follow-Back for self-reported use of cannabis and other illicit substances - Systematic review and meta-analysis. - Published by PubMed

Neighbourhood matters: Perceptions of neighbourhood cohesiveness and associations with alcohol, cannabis and tobacco use. - Published by PubMed

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